formato

/[foɾˈmat̪o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,777

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

formato is aSpanishnoun. It means: Disposición y dimensiones de un impreso, antiguamente indicado por el número de hojas por cada pliego y modernamente por altura y anchura Pronounced [foɾˈmat̪o]. It ranks #2,777 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with formo and forzado.

Key facts for formato
PropertyValue
Headwordformato
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[foɾˈmat̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,777
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of formato in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for formato is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [foɾˈmat̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,777 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for formato, with forms such as "fformato", "fomrato", and "foramto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "formo", "forzado", "fosfato", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is formato, spelled F-O-R-M-A-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Disposición y dimensiones de un impreso, antiguamente indicado por el número de hojas por cada pliego y modernamente por altura y anchura
  2. 2
    Por extensión, disposición y dimensiones de una imagen
  3. 3
    Conjunto de los rasgos de presentación y estructura de un impreso o, por extensión, de un programa radial o televisivo
  4. 4
    Estructura básica de datos que se aplica a un medio digital para permitir el almacenaje y recuperación de archivos
  5. 5
    Estructura de los datos de un archivo

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fformato,fomrato,foramto,formaot,formatto,formmato,formtao,forrmato,fromato,ofrmato

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for formato

Misspelling Variants of "formato"

fformato8fomrato7foramto7formaot7formatto8formmato8formtao7forrmato8
Misspelling Variants of "formato"

Frequency rank: #2,777 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "formato"?
"formato" is spelled F-O-R-M-A-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [foɾˈmat̪o].
What does "formato" mean?
As a noun, "formato" means: Disposición y dimensiones de un impreso, antiguamente indicado por el número de hojas por cada pliego y modernamente por altura y anchura
What words are commonly confused with "formato"?
"formato" is commonly confused with "formo", "forzado", "fosfato". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "formato"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "formato" is [foɾˈmat̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "formato" come from?
"formato" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.